Toyota – Nessie
A young runner in the middle of a road in the wilderness sees a Toyota Vios sitting by the side of the road. Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia Creative Directors: Henry Yap / Edmund Choe Copywriter: Primus Nair Art Director: Ong Kien Hoe Agency Producer: Shirren Lim Production House: Passion Pictures Director: Jamie Quah Post Production House: F Design Director of Photography: Low Soon Keong Animation: Albert Chew / Liang Chee Keong Sound Engineer: Sean Gregory, Addaudio Client Servic Originally posted here: Toyota – Nessie
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand I know it’s been a while, but I can’t NOT say anything about Thailand. It just wouldn’t feel right!!! I found a really accurate description of what we experienced on Patong beach (where we stayed for 5 days) from Canada’s National Newspaper, Globe Travel (thanks, paul’s mom!). “Thai boxers in silk shorts glide past on a flatbed truck as loudspeakers play the theme from Rocky
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Leftover hardware cloth, a soda can, some yarn , an old suit coat, two binder rings, a bunch of sassy fun new tools and some inspiration from the cool book Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials culminate in…
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Recycle a tin can, postcards and a suit jacket into a Mixed-Media Journal
It was very impressive to see this beautiful old painting by a very famous artiste….One last incredible piece of sculpture that I had the pleasure to see was “Winged Victory” I love both paintings and sculptures, but I tend to study sculptures more b… See the rest here: http://thegreatpre-retirementadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/here-i-am-enjoying-pain-de-chocolat-at.html
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Filed under: Style in the News HATS OFF ON TO ISABELLA BLOW The legendary eccentric editor of the Tatter has two new life stories in the works. The biographies about Isabella Blow, who wore crazy hats to prevent air kisses from the fashion hordes, are due out in 2010
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Breaking News – Emma Watson’s Next Move, David Beckham’s Tattoo Issues and Barbie Disassembled
Cape Cod has long attracted artists who paint landscapes on site, known by the French phrase, en plein air. It started with The Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown (sometimes mis-called “the school of light” by locals) established by Charles Hawthorne in 1899 and taken over by Henry Hensche in 1935. It was the first art school in the United States to concentrate on painting outside Go here to see the original: Painting the Cape: Since 20th century artists drawn to the unique light (The Falmouth Bulletin)
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Mutuality 2.0: open sourcing the financial crisis | open Democracy News Analysis Mutuality 2.0; a new form of financial system that offers mutuality in the old sense of the term, together with feasible opportunities for participation and supervision, but avoiding further layers of regulation, or further levels of hierarchical control. The idea of XBRL is that it is not a set of regulations, it is a standard reporting format, so to an extent it is similar to Linux and Wikipedia; the content has to conform to a format, but there is plenty of room to manoeuvre for the content itself, with any such flexibility being open to be monitored by anyone and everyone. “The Pirate Party is a real net community” – P2P Foundation Amelia Andersdotter recently presented the Swedish Pirate Party in Citilab at the invitation of the Virtual European Parliament
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July 15th, 2009SeanLeave a commentGo to comments .fullpost{display:inline;}An initial thought that came to mind while watching the pilot episode of TNT’s new cop drama Dark Blue: the script writers must have watched a million undercover-cop movies when they were kids. My second thought was a question: are they paying homage to these classic films or have they seeped so far into their subconscious they can’t help writing in cliches?Whichever the case may be, the show comes across, save for a bi Excerpt from: Premiering Tonight: Dark Blue
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Fisk University’s exultant press release , summarizing yesterday’s 19-page decision by the Tennessee Court of Appeals that keeps alive the university’s hope to monetize its Stieglitz Collection, misleadingly suggests that the proposed collection-sharing arrangement with Alice Walton ’s Crystal Bridges Museum is nearly a done deal: Fisk University announced today that the Tennessee Court of Appeals had ruled in its favor and had reversed a decision of the Davidson County Chancery Court, w Here is the original post: Fisk-Walton News Flash: Appeals Court Decision Puts Collection-Sharing Deal Back in Play
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If you’re in San Francisco, CA please join us! Little Paper Planes presents: Buddy System opening this Thursday in San Francisco CA, July 16 from 7-9pm and running through August 30, 2009 at Rare Device 1845 Market St. San Francisco, CA Caitlin Gallupe / Victoria, BC + Bridget Moser / Montreal, QB Claire Grill / Queens, NY + Aline Cautis / Chicago, IL David Wilson / Berkeley, CA + Nathaniel Russell / Oakland, CA Jess Wheaton / San Francisco, CA + Matt Momchilov / San Fr Continued here: Buddysystem – Little Paper Planes Show
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I read an interesting post about “Free” as a component of a business model. I encourage you to go read the whole post on Techdirt , but the bit I’m interested in is here, where Mike Masnick presents, and then disagrees with, an argument against the use of “free” – Unfortunately, both Pogue and Poole then use this to bash the entire concept of free-based business models, with Poole getting unnecessarily offensive in his response: “I’ll call it, for short, “the Slashdot argument”
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa After hearing from JB and Lindsey how fantastic the breakfast was at the Majeka House, Amy and I made sure that we woke up in time to enjoy it today. Got a wake up call for 8:00 in order to change and make it down to breakfast by 9:00. The spread was very extensive. There was a cold buffet with fruits, breads, cheeses, and fish. I loaded up on the first trip. Then, while we were eating, a waiter came around to ask what sort of hot breakfast we wanted. Since I developed a food hangover from dinner the night before, I just stuck with the cold breakfast. Amy enjoyed the standard South African hot breakfast which included eggs (any way), sausage, bacon, grilled tomato, grilled mushrooms, and toast. Similar breakfast to what we got at the airport in Jo’burg, and as we would find out, same across the rest of our stay in the country. After breakfast, we all jumped into the car and headed to Spier . Amy was excited to go to this winery because they had a cheetah outreach program on the grounds. As we entered the cheetah compound, we first had to pay 2 rand each to go in. Then we came to another area with a cash register. You can pay 90 rand to pet an adult cheetah, or 180 rand to visit a baby cheetah, which we are told includes holding one. The second I heard that, I knew we were about to spend double to see the baby cheetahs (Amy is so predictable). So Amy, JB, and I all pay our 180 rand while Lindsey took pictures from outside the cage (never found out whether she was cheap or scurred). We start to enter the area, but first get directed on all of the rules. The trainer tells us the cheetahs are 8 months old, both male (brothers), and are still a little aggressive. We enter and boy are we suckers. Eight month old cheetahs look almost full grown, and there is definitely no way for us to pick them up and hold them. Not to mention it starts to rain at this point, and the cheetahs are quite restless in the rain. The trainer makes us stay behind him at all times as the cheetahs start to circle us (good thing I signed that waiver so Spier wasn’t responsible if I got mauled). The rain finally subsided and the cheetahs lied down long enough for us to pet them and take some pictures. After that the trainer asked us if we were done, he couldn’t get us out of there fast enough.
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Screwed by Ginja – Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Jump to the full entry & travel map Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa We didn’t get a wake up call this morning thinking that we would have no problem waking up in time for breakfast (which ended at 10). However at 10:15, the phone rang and it was the waiter at the restaurant wondering if we were coming down or if he should put the food away. We felt terrible that they kept the food out for us for so long, so I told them to just clear the food away. After waking Amy, we got ready and met JB and Lindsey, who enjoyed their breakfast on time (and made sure to tell us how fantastic it was), to start the days events. The weather was overcast, but at least the rain was holding off. We decided to head north and work our way back towards Tokara (which is supposed to have an excellent lunch spot) and then eventually our hotel. The first stop was Simonsig . I thought the wine at Ken Forrester was good, Simonsig was even better. They make champagne (well sparkling wine) in addition to red and white wine. Similar to Avontuur you could only make 5 selections from the list. This made it difficult since Amy wanted to share a tasting again and she prefers champagne. We started off with 2 champagnes, and then Amy said I could pick the rest. By the time we got to the reserves, we only had one more selection. Not the best pre-planning, but the pourer said that he would give us a taste of all 3 reserves since we traveled so far. I really enjoyed the Frans Malan Reserve which is a blend of pinotage (which is a blend of pinot noir and hermitage) and cab sauv. We ended up purchasing a bottle since it was much better than the 180 rand price tag would suggest. Our next stop was to L’Avenir . Situated on top of the hill off the main road, L’Avenir is known for their pinotage (which winery isn’t in South Africa). The wine maker is french and decided to open wineries in South Africa and Chile. The wines were very good and JB purchased a bottle which is best if aged 8 years (we will see about that one). The pourer asks us how we found out about the winery. Besides the huge building on top of the hill with the name plastered on the side of it, we read about L’Avenir in Travel + Leisure . It was one of the 10 lesser known wineries of the area. She then tells us how she was trying to convince the owners to make an even bigger sign to really bring in business. Personally I think that would be overkill, but we just nodded and agreed with her. Afterward we asked her what other wineries we should try and her recommendation was Bellevue, for very good pinotage (but not as good as L’Avenir).
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37th Best Restaurant in the World – Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
I also plan to turn some of these images into separate posters and paintings….I’m not sure if the one on the top left is a simlish version of a real painting (Art is not my forte), but I recognized the other four!…I’ve finished extracting all the Sims 3 paintings/posters/random textures for a new set of Simlish Bulletin Boards (someone requested that at ModTheSims)….My favorite hands down is the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting…. View original here: Ultimate Simlish Art
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This information is provided courtesy of 1800Gospel.com! Please visit the website for more great information on gospel music! Always Sisters Forever Brothers Conference To Be Held in July Gospel music artist CeCe Winans is having her Always Sisters Forever Brothers conference on July 24-25 at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. According to the website, the agenda includes a variety of issues—from date violence to teen pregnancy, eating disorders to absent fathers, and how certain choic Continued here: Always Sisters Forever Brothers Conference To Be Held in July
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For all those who want to own a sharp HDTV model but are confused as to which is the most suitable one, Sharp HDTV Reviews can be of help to you. The reviews easily available on-line will provide you with the required info and help you in your purchase decision. Read Full Article Here: http://www.articlesbase.com/cable-and-satellite-tv-articles/sharp-hdtv-reviews-will-help-you-make-a-right-choice-1039773.html
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I can’t count how many times we’ve run across something in the house and wondered what someone was thinking when they installed/painted/did said thing….The floors are done!!!!! Unfortunately these photos don’t capture how incredible the floors make the house feel – they combined with the painting make it feel like a new house….The only medicine cabinet we liked came in natural wood, so I painted that while Curtis installed the light fixture and a new faucet….We spent a lot of the weekend in the bathroom which needed a significant amount of work. First we painted – chose a soft gray….
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The Hickory Hill Community Center is the city’s state-of-the art community center complete with weight rooms and aquatics and is touted as one of the best equipped a … Councilman Collins plans to meet with Director Buchanan this week in an effort to work out alternatives suitable for Park Services and the residents of Hickory Hill a nd Fox Meadows….
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Collins’ Townhall Meeting Informs Residents of Fox Meadows and Hickory Hill
After more than two months of not shooting nudes, I finally decided it was time for me to get back into the seing of things and shoot nudes again. I had to take the break for financial reasons and I certainly have missed the creation of the art. I find it interesting because over the past two months I’ve been shooting landscapes and scenery. I’ve been hiking once or twice and brought My camera along. I even took a few really nice sunset shots and yet I stil felt like something was missing f Continued here: Photo Shoot – 7/12/09
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Artist : PAISLEY, BRAD Album : American Saturday Night Somebody’s gotta scratch your back, the places you can’t reach Say something that’ll make you laugh, that’s exactly what you need, And I hope that’s me, I hope that’s me. Somebody’s gonna get dressed up and take you out for valentine’s, Get lots of jealous looks thinking that’s one lucky guy, And I hope that’s me, I hope that’s me. See original here: I Hope That’s Me Lyrics
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